Opinion
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Utah Voucher Vote No Referendum on School Choice
Opinion -On November 6, voters in Utah defeated the nation’s first statewide universal voucher program by referendum. -
Experts Testify on Dangers of Junk Science at EPA
Opinion -(CHICAGO, Illinois - November 14, 2007) On Thursday, November 15, three medical experts will testify on the dangers of junk science at a hearing before the Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) Subcommittee, a federal advisory committee to the U.S. -
Medicare’s Biggest Little Secret
Opinion -For the first time ever Medicare is making Medical Savings Accounts available to virtually all beneficiaries during the current open enrollment season. -
Consumer Power Report #104
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
Blacks and Anemia Medications
Opinion -Have you heard that Medicare is thinking about cutting back on the amount it is willing to pay for certain drugs used by cancer patients and people on dialysis? -
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Opinion -The campaign to eliminate childhood lead-based paint poisoning--underway all over the country through government and private-sector initiatives--is becoming one of the great American public health success stories. It is a largely untold one. -
Utah Voucher Plan Succumbs to Misinformation Ad Campaign
Opinion -On November 6, the nation’s first statewide universal voucher program was defeated in Utah when voters repealed, through referendum, the law that created it last February. More than 60 percent voted for repeal. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #6-16
Opinion -Bridal Wrath The bride says she was disappointed, embarrassed, and distressed at her wedding--because she didn't like the flowers. -
Romney and the Utah Voucher Vote
Opinion -Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) had an opportunity to help deliver a victory at the ballot box in Utah in November, when voters decided whether to repeal the state’s universal school voucher program. -
Consumer Power Report #103
Opinion -Consumer Power Report, written by Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute, is a weekly report summarizing recent developments on consumer-directed health care in the media, legislative, and regulatory -
Expert Comment: Utah Voters Repeal Voucher Program
Opinion -(CHICAGO, Illinois - November 7, 2007) On November 6, the nation's first statewide universal voucher program was defeated in Utah when voters repealed, through referendum, the law that created it last February. More than 60 percent voted for repeal. -
Expert Comment: Milwaukee Jury Absolves Lead Paint Manufacturers
Opinion -(CHICAGO, Illinois - November 6, 2007) On November 5, a Milwaukee jury ruled in favor of a group of lead paint pigment manufacturers sued by a teen who ate peeling paint as a toddler. The closely watched case has been in the courts for four years. -
Interpreting Health Studies: Science Panel Offers Tips for Journalists
Opinion -New York, NY -- October 2007. -
Working as Intended
Opinion -Five years into the experiment with Consumer Driven Health Care, the data shows they are “working as intended. -
Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (updated)
Opinion -A review of the research literature concerning the environmental consequences of increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to the conclusion that increases during the 20th and early 21st centuries have produced no deleterious effects upon -
REAL ID Implementation Slow in States
Opinion -With the federal deadline for issuing drivers' licenses that meet the criteria of the REAL ID Act of 2005 barely five months away, few if any states appear ready to comply. -
Congress Mulls Permanent Ban on ‘Net Taxes
Opinion -As the current moratorium on Internet access taxes in the 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) expires November 1, Washington’s legislative and lobbying forces are debating whether the levies should be permanently eliminated. -
WA Voters Sink Port Authority Tax Increase
Opinion -Voter turnout in Washington's first August primary election, held August 21, may have been low, but in the Columbia River-side city of Vancouver, more than 36,000 voters turned out to overwhelmingly repeal a property tax hike that had been imposed early -
Mayor Returns $48 Million to Taxpayers, Then Retires
Opinion -Every year, folks in Crestwood, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago, open their mail to find a check paying for half their property taxes. Who would do such an amazing, generous thing? The Village of Crestwood itself. -
New FCC Intrusion into Wireless Is Unneeded, Harmful
Opinion -There's been a lot of confusion lately over whether there is enough competition in wireless telecommunications. -
Clouds Mitigate Global Warming, New Evidence Shows
Opinion -In a study published in the American Geophysical Union's Geophysical Research Letters on August 9, researchers at the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) provide more real-world evidence of the self-regulating nature of the Earth's atmosphere. -
How Environmental Laws Serve Hidden Agendas
Opinion -This article is one in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam? A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory, and Food Safety Concerns, by Samuel Aldrich, adapted and serialized by Jay Lehr. -
Casinos Won’t Solve Kansas’ Fiscal Problems, Taxpayer Advocates Say
Opinion -State and national fiscal policy groups say Kansas lawmakers are wrong to embrace state-run casinos to solve the state's budget problems. -
Unions Are Demanding Political Payback for 2006 Democrats’ 2006 Election Victories
Opinion -Big Labor invested heavily in the 2006 Democratic takeover of Congress. The AFL-CIO spent a reported $40 million to mobilize union households. The Service Employees spent $65 million.